3 Some Common MisconceptionsCreation ApologeticsSome Common MisconceptionsSkeptics and unbelievers think:“The Bible is an antiquated religious book, filled with scientific fallacies and mistakes reflecting the naïve cosmology of the primitive tribes of the Near East.”Even some professing Christians think:“The Bible is a book of true religion dealing solely with spiritual subjects and that, where it seems to touch on matters of science and history, it must be interpreted spiritually or allegorically, rather than literally.Evolution is ScienceCreation is Religion@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

4 Conflict Between WorldviewsConflict between two worldviewsNot between Science and ReligionBetween Naturalism and SupernaturalismGod & science are not alternative explanations for realityChristianity has intellectual powerScience is a weapon in a larger cultural warThe question – is Christianity true?Not – is it helpful?Does science fit into this?Does “what you believe to be true” match reality?@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

5 The Arguments Separate because: [Materialist View]Science is based on evidenceFaith where there is no evidenceRational vs. irrationalScience deals with reality; Faith everything elseNot separate because: [Christian View]God created the universe & the laws of natureLaws of nature make science possibleScience and Faith/Christianity are complementaryScience flourished because of Christianity@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

6 Our Thought Systems Assumptions (held by faith) DATA ConclusionsLogical thought is the means by which we draw conclusionsfrom the facts/data after starting with certain assumptions.@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

10 What Is Science? “Science is the search for truth”Creation ApologeticsWhat Is Science?“Science is the search for truth”“Operational” SciencePostulate theory -> make observations -> prove/falsify theoryUsing the Scientific Method“Origins” ScienceWere you there at the beginning?Model of CreationModel of EvolutionWhich model fits the observed facts best?“Forensic” science@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

12 Origins Can’t Be Tested or ProvedCreation cannot be “proved”Not taking place now (completed)Not accessible to use of scientific methodCan’t devise experiment to describe Creation processEvolution cannot be “proved”If it is taking place, operates too slowly to measureTransmutation would take millions of yearsThe scientific method cannot be used to measure itSmall variations in organisms (observed today) are not relevantCan’t be used to distinguish between Creation & Evolution@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

13 Scientific “Proofs” of OriginWhat we can test scientificallyObservable/repeatable processesTrends/tendencies in natureProcesses/events that left evidenceWhat we cannot test scientificallyIdentity/motivation of who/whatever brought the universe and life into existenceHistorical eventsMoralityMeaning@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

15 Origins Models & Belief SystemsNaturalism(Materialism) -> (Macro)Evolution ModelLaws of nature can account for the origin of the universe & life on earth without the need for a CreatorSupernaturalism -> Creation ModelAn intelligent being (God) created the universe & life on earth out of nothingVariations of “Creation” modelTheistic EvolutionGod could have used EvolutionProgressive CreationGod intervened with new creations (e.g. man) over timeDay-Age TheoryGap Theory@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

16 Model of Creation (Assumptions)The Bible is the inerrant Word of GodGod is CreatorSix days of Creation – Gen. 1:1 – 2:3; Ex. 20:11Creatures created/reproduce after their kind – Gen. 1 (10 x)Man is createdIn God’s image – Gen. 1:26-27Creation is dependent on GodMan is fallen and dependent on GodCreation and Science must be coherent and consistentGod reveals Himself in Scripture (Special Revelation)God reveals Himself in nature (General Revelation)Jesus and NT authors refer to Gen as history@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

17 The Meaning of EvolutionArtificial SelectionPlant and animal breedingChangeEvolution of a coastline (random)Evolution of a car (designed)Micro-EvolutionSmall variation within prescribed limits of complexitye.g., finch beaks by mutation and natural selectionMacro-EvolutionParticles -> peopleMolecular EvolutionOrigin of life – assumes a mutating replicatorOnly 1, 2 and 3have been observed4 never observed!5 is impossible!@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

19 Model of Evolution (Assumptions)Claims about living organisms:Related through common ancestryArose through mutations and natural selectionBy means of random chance processes of nature@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

20 Which Model Best Fits The Facts?Creation and Evolution are the only two models of originsBoth models should be considered as equal alternatives and evaluated objectively in terms of their relative abilities to correlate and explain scientific dataThe model that incorporates the most data and has the smallest number of unresolved issues is the most likely to be true@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

21 Looking at the Scientific EvidenceOrigin of matter, energy and natural lawClassification of biological organismsMutations and natural selectionOrigin of manOrigin of life (probability)The fossil recordOrigin of the solar system and planetsTeleology – evidence for design@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

25 The Science of TaxonomyCreation ApologeticsThe Science of TaxonomyThe classification system introduced by Carolus Linnaeus applies to plants/animals in today’s world as well as to extinct plants and animalsLinnaeus’ classification system still works todayConsistent with the Creation account in Gen. 1The science of taxonomy is a problem for EvolutionA continuum of life forms does not existCredible Intermediates have not been observed and/or identified in the fossils@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

26 Quoting an EvolutionistCreation ApologeticsQuoting an EvolutionistThe anti-creationist, Niles Eldredge, wrote in 1985:“And though a few of these eighteenth-century systematists had vaguely evolutionary notions, nearly all were devoutly and orthodoxly religious. They saw the order in their material, the grand pattern of similarity running through the entire organic realm, as evidence of God’s plan of creation.”@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

30 Neanderthal Man Fossil fragments first found in France – 1856Creation ApologeticsNeanderthal ManFossil fragments first found in France – 1856Skull cap and some limb bonesDiagnosed as human with deformed vertebraeNeanderthal Man’s Site in Krapina,Another almost complete skeleton found in 1908Reconstructed by Marcelle Boule to look ape-likeBased on pre-conceived evolutionary notionsFaulty reconstruction recognized in 1957Neanderthal is now known to be fully human with a bone deformitySchool textbooks still portray as man’s ancestor@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

32 Lucy - Reconstructed Looking more closely, we find:Creation ApologeticsLucy - ReconstructedChicagoMuseumLooking more closely, we find:Leg bone broken in two places and one end was crushed -> this invalidates the ratioHip/pelvis was incomplete, and thus reshaped to make it look as if it walked uprightKnee joint was found over one mile away and 200 feet deeper in strata from rest of bonesFossil remains of two different creatures fitted to form a make-believe creature@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

33 Behind The ScenesFrom the PBS Nova Series “In Search of Human Origins”, Episode One 1994 (Dr. Owen Lovejoy)Lucy’s pelvis is very wrong – looks very ape-like“Fixing” Lucy with a power saw!C. Owen Lovejoy is Chairman of Anthropology at Kent State University40%SkeletonSt. LouisMuseum

35 5. Origin of Life - ProbabilityCreation Apologetics5. Origin of Life - ProbabilityWhat is the probability that an explosion in a junk yard would “create” a car?What is the probability of creating a Boeing airplane from such an explosion?What is the probability that 200 monkeys pawing away at a typewriter could “write” a Shakespearean play?What is the probability of a protein coming into being by chance?@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

36 Proteins and Amino AcidsCreation ApologeticsProteins and Amino AcidsAmino acidsA few thousand typesRight- and left-handedProteins - the building blocks of lifeLarge organic moleculeContain 100’s to a few 1000 amino acidsSpecified long sequences of amino acidsContain 20 different left-handed amino acidsCrucial protein factAbsence, addition, or replacement of a single amino acid in the structure of a protein causes protein to be useless@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

37 Probability of Forming one ProteinCreation ApologeticsProbability of Forming one ProteinTake 200 parts and line them up in a specific order200! ways of aligning these parts = 10**375Try a new alignment 1 billion times a secondAssuming 20 billion years of time, we have 20 * 10**18 secondsThe probability of finding the right alignment is practically zero, i.e. 1 in 10**356Only 10**80 atoms in the whole universeAnything less than 1 in 10**50 is regarded as zero probabilityLiving organisms contain many more than 200 partsHuman being contains 60+ trillion cells@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

39 Spontaneous Formation of Life?Creation ApologeticsSpontaneous Formation of Life?“The likelihood of the spontaneous formation of life from inanimate matter is one to a number with 40,000 noughts after it. It is big enough to bury Darwin and the whole theory of evolution. There was no primeval soup, neither on this planet nor on any other, and if the beginnings of life were not random, they must therefore have been the product of purposeful intelligence.”Wickramasinghe, professor of applied mathematics and astronomy, UK@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

42 The Evolutionists’ Response?“Even if all the data point to an intelligent designer, such a hypothesis is excluded from science because it is not naturalistic.”S.C. Todd, Kansas State University Professor“Biology is the study of complicated things that have the appearance of having been designed for a purpose.”Richard Dawkins, Oxford Univ. Atheist Biologist“Biologists must constantly keep in mind that what they see was not designed, but rather evolved.”Francis Crick, Co-discoverer of DNA@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

43 Conclusions Laws of science consistent with CreationismCreation ApologeticsConclusionsLaws of science consistent with CreationismSigns of intelligence in the universeThe probability of life from non-life is zeroAbrupt appearance of fully-formed animalsThe missing links are still missingMan did not evolve from ape-like creaturesCatastrophism explains the “geologic column”There is NO credible evidence for Evolution!Science supports Creationism@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

44 Biblical Reliability On ScienceWe trust the Bible for spiritual truthProphecy, history, geography, and archaeology confirm the truth of the BibleDo we trust the Bible for truth in science?Astronomy, geophysics, geology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, physics, biologyThere are many biblical references to nature and natural processesAuthors use everyday languageAmazingly accurate statementsAnticipatory scientific insights in the Bible@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

45 Is The Bible Reliable Scientifically?OceanographyPs. 8:8, “The birds of the air, and the fish of the sea that pass through the paths of the seas.”Matthew Maury undertook research project based on this Scripture verse ( )There are paths in the seaAlso aware of “wind circuits” in Eccl. 1:6-7Concluded that there must be “currents in the ocean”Plotted wind circuits and ocean currents as an aid to navigation of the seas@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

46 Maury and OceanographyGulf stream is a “path in the sea”40 miles wide, 2000 feet deepFlows from Gulf of Mexico up through the AtlanticMore paths in the sea discovered sinceMonument erected in Maury’s home state of VA“Matthew Fontaine Maury, Pathfinder of the Seas, the Genius Who First Snatched from the Ocean and Atmosphere the Secret of Their Laws. His Inspiration, Holy Writ, Psalm 8:8, Psalm 107:23-24, and Ecclesiastes 1:6."@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

47 Is The Bible Reliable Scientifically?The Immune SystemGen. 17:12, “He who is eight days old among you shall be circumcised, every male child in your generations, he who is born in your house or bought with money from any foreigner who is not your descendant.”Eighth day is the only day in the entire life of the newborn that the blood clotting element prothrombin is above 100%Medical science has discovered that this is when the immune system is at its peak towards the end of the 19th century@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

50 Conclusions Jesus is our Creator AND RedeemerCreation ApologeticsConclusionsJesus is our Creator AND RedeemerCreation is an essential truth of the BibleYou can trust the Bible as God’s WordEvolution is NOT a proven factScience does support CreationIt does matter what you believeLearn to defend your faith – 1 Pet. 3:15Don’t be deceived – Col. 2:8Col. 2:8 “See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ.”@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

58 Yet More Important BooksCreation ApologeticsYet More Important BooksThe Battle for the Beginning, Dr. John MacArthurTotal Truth, Nancy PearceyThe Design Revolution, Dr. William DemskiThe Origin of Species Revisited, W. R. BirdIt Matters What We Believe, Mike RiddleThe Evolution of a Creationist, Jobe MartinGrand Canyon (a different view), Tom VailIn Six Days, Dr. John AshtonStarlight and Time, Dr. Russell HumphreysStarlight, Time and the New Physics, Dr. John Hartnett@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama@ Dr. Heinz Lycklama

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